From far and near, boys gathered to celebrate the New Year and learn about chivalry. The five-day program included interesting talks, lively games and cordial conviviality, culminating with the festive arrival of the New Year with prayers, medieval games and a splendid banquet.
"Youth was made not for pleasure, but for heroism," a phrase coined by Paul Claudel, captures the spirit of every TFP Call to Chivalry camp. Yes, the timeless virtues of Catholic Chivalry continue to attract young souls and offer an antidote to the moral crisis shaking contemporary society.
Who should young Catholic men emulate? Rock stars, football players or actors? At the annual TFP Louisiana Call to Chivalry Camp, boys are presented with true Catholic role models to admire and imitate.
From December 28 to January 2, young men attended the 2010-2011 TFP Call to Chivalry Winter Program at the St. Louis de Montfort Academy in Herndon, Pa.
The action-packed program included outings, educational presentations and recreational activities.
People standing on the bank of the Mississippi River waiting for the Fourth of July fireworks smiled or clapped approvingly as young participants of the TFP Call to Chivalry made their way up the gangplank to the U.S.S. Kidd where they would watch the fireworks show. It was impossible to miss the parade of boys marching down the levee to the sound of drums and Scottish pipes on this Independence Day.